Life, Sunkissed

Written on 23 Jan 2010

My Digital Media and Society lecturer has his own copyright. How cool is that? PS- everything’s so casual here, you don’t have professors. They’re called lecturers and you usually just call them by their first name.

Sorry, time to backtrack. Orientation or “O” Week here at Bond Uni was a lot of fun! It was nothing like I expected—basically, there was an info hub to get information and optional tours, but O Week’s main focus seemed to be nightlife fun. They planned a toga party the first night and a Tight ‘N Bright party a few nights later, and both were a blast. There was also a dirty hypnotist that came one night, which of course reminded me of QU’s orientation! We would relax at the pool during the day then get ready for the night… and we had to consistently remind ourselves that we actually had to take classes here. It seemed like everyone was so willing to meet new people and have a good time, and that’s exactly what we had.

Then, reality struck: classes started that Monday. There’s no denying how tough it was to sit in a classroom all day when the sun was shining bright and there were no clouds in the sky! But it wasn’t all that bad: my classes seem interesting, so hopefully I can stay awake and be engaged, like I am in my classes at QU (yeah, right). Each class has a 2 hour lecture then a 1 hour tutorial, which is a smaller group of students from your lecture, and it’s supposed to promote discussion and what not. So, we’ll see how it goes! Everyone gets dressed nice for class, unlike back home where sweatpants after the first day or two are all too common (for me, at least). Today was a lazy Saturday, I slept in after going on a pub crawl last night then headed to the pool for a few hours. Tip: if you ever come to Australia (which you totally should), bring tons of sunscreen! You’ll need it. And it’s super expensive here.

No Worries,

Tracy